The War Cry is the official news publication of The Salvation Army. Today, national versions of it are sold in countries all over the world to raise funds in support of the Army's social work.
History
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The first edition of The War Cry was printed on 27 December 1879 in London, England.[1] In 1880, US Salvation Army Commissioner George Scott Railton published the Salvation News, a small newsletter. He published the first US edition of The War Cry in January 1881 in St. Louis, Missouri. Between 1920 and 1970, each U.S. territory published its own individual version of The War Cry. In 1970, the Salvation Army's US National Headquarters started publishing a nationwide version of The War Cry.[2]
Notes and references
edit- ^ "History of the War Cry". Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2007.
- ^ "The War Cry in the United States". Archived from the original on 1 April 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2007.
External links
edit- The War Cry page of The Salvation Army in Canada (now known as Salvationist)
- The War Cry page of The Salvation Army in Australia
- The War Cry page of The Salvation Army in the UK and Ireland
- The War Cry page of The Salvation Army in the USA
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